HealthAugust 12, 2026

unsimulated

un-SIM-yuh-lay-ted

Definition

Referring to data or studies that are based on real-world observations rather than being generated or modeled by computer simulations.

Etymology

The word combines the prefix 'un-', meaning not, with 'simulate', which comes from the Latin 'simulare', meaning to make like or imitate. It evolved to describe things that are authentic or actual rather than artificially reconstructed.

In the news

The researchers plan to repeat their study using unsimulated datasets to verify if their findings regarding brain signature reproducibility hold true in actual patient data.

Neuropsychiatric MRI brain signatures fail reproducibility test

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